{"product_id":"once-is-enough-9780071414319","title":"Once Is Enough","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sailor's Classics library introduces a new generation of readers to the best books ever written about small boats under sail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the 46-foot \u003ci\u003eTzu Hang \u003c\/i\u003esailed from Australia into the vast Southern Ocean in December 1956, her crew of three couldn't know what terror awaited them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiles Smeeton\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1906. In 1939, he and his wife Beryl attempted to climb 25,263-foot Tirich Mir, in the Himalaya, with Tenzing Norgay. Although they failed, Beryl achieved renown as one of the first women to climb so high. A career army officer, Miles served with distinction in World War II. In 1951, the Smeetons bought \u003ci\u003eTzu Hang\u003c\/i\u003e in England and, though they had just learned to sail, sailed her to Canada. They next voyaged to the South Pacific, and Miles later wrote about that adventure in \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Was Our Village\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1956, Miles and Beryl Smeeton embarked on the voyage described in \u003ci\u003eOnce Is Enough\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1967, they made a third--and successful--Cape Horn attempt, sailing east to west. The Smeetons later founded the Cochrane Ecological Institute in Alberta, Canada, still run by their daughter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Raban\u003c\/b\u003e is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of ten critically acclaimed books, including \u003ci\u003ePassage to Juneau\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Heinemann Award For Literature, and received the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice for Book of the Year for \u003ci\u003eOld Glory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBad Land\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been called (by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) \"the finest writer afloat since Conrad.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Marine Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503032275218,"sku":"9780071414319","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d51e3eca-5cde-402b-a024-f238e4c905b7.jpg?v=1730781398","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/once-is-enough-9780071414319","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}